Re: Problems With Newest Update of tcl-1:8.5.2-1.fc9

[Mark C. Allman]

On Sat, 2008-06-28 at 12:26 -0400, Jeffrey D. Yuille wrote:
>  Hello, 
>  
>       The problem is that when I try to remove the latest version
>  (tcl-1:8.5.2-1.fc9) and attempt to install the earlier version
>  (tcl-1:8.5.1-4.fc9), it continues to automatically upgrade to the latest
>  version. 
>  
>  On Sat, 2008-06-28 at 11:56 -0400, Mark C. Allman wrote:
>  > This might work:
>  > 
>  > Remove the latest (yum or rpm), install the older version, then add tcl to 
>  > the "excludes" list in (if I remember correctly) yum.conf.
>  > 
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>   
What tries to automatically upgrade?  If you use rpm ("rpm -e") to
remove the latest 
version, use rpm ("rpm -ihv") to install the one you want, and add tcl.* to the

"exclude" line in /etc/yum.conf, then nothing should try to upgrade
tcl.

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